Brain scans suggest many of the areas normally involved in pain response are also activated by amorous thoughts. Stanford University researchers gave 15 students mild doses of pain, while checking if they were distracted by gazing at photos of their beloved.
The study focused on people early in a romance, journal PLoS One reported, so the “drug of love” may wear off. The scientists who carried out the experiment used “functional magnetic resonance imaging” (fMRI) to measure activity in real-time in different parts of the brain.
Full details over at BBC News
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That’s so True Phillis, everytime when i have tears in my eyes ….i just look at your twitter-profile-pic (eventhough it changes a 100 times) And the tears vanish like clowds before the sun… magical!
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No, the function of love is to lull you into a false sense of security before ripping out your still beating heart, grinding it into the gutter with an elegant heel, and then stubbing out a cigarette in the bloody remains.
I thought everyone knew that.
Dear me, Don. A little bitter?
Don, you forgot the bit where it fills the cavity where your heart used to be with balls of frozen acid and throws you out the door bleary-eyed minus any nice possesions you may have owned. Mind you, you get laid before all that, so it’s all swings and guilotines I suppose.
Alright, I’ll try this next time I get a toothache (which is anytime now, as it seems to be in the making).